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Title:
TORQUE CONVERTER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006138429
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a torque converter shortened in the shaft direction.

This torque converter 1 can transmit motive power to an output member from an input member via a pump impeller 3 having a pump shell 3a and a turbine runner 4 having a turbine shell 4a; and has a stator 6 for directing a working fluid from the turbine runner 4 to the pump impeller 3, a one-way clutch 9 for setting the rotational direction of the stator 6 only in one direction, and a first thrust bearing 10a arranged on the outer diameter side of the one-way clutch 9, arranged abutting on the turbine shell 4a between the stator 6 and the turbine shell 4a and receiving force in the shaft direction of the stator 6.


Inventors:
YAMASHITA TOSHIYA
IBARAKI TAKATSUGU
KUWABARA TAKASHI
YOSHIDA MICHIO
YANAGIDA TOMOAKI
Application Number:
JP2004329672A
Publication Date:
June 01, 2006
Filing Date:
November 12, 2004
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
F16H41/24; F16H41/30
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshikazu Tani
Kazuo Abe